"It does not affect the average user," said , a principle software engineer at Symnatec. "This is the first time we have seen a Trojan on a gaming device." It disguises itself as a file to let users run their own code on a PSP . "It goes to show malicious code writers aren't just targeting personal computers and aren't just trying to get some replicating code to infect the machines," Chien said "Anything that can run code is potentially being targeted."

Symnatec learned of the malware while monitoring chat rooms used by the gaming community. Users who are worried about the eboot.pbp files they run can use , an application by that aims to combat malicious homebrew. Check it out on PSPUpdates .

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